Let me Explain

"She's here " Eric pointed at the door. Jack turned to see her walk in. The guest gazed at her admiring her beauty. She was dressed in a blue one-armed sparkle bandage dress with a front slit. Her hair in big curls on her side. Her red lips held a faint smile as she showed off her perfect white skin.

He moved forward offering his hand with a smile. She gazed up at him and frowned when he noticed the anger in her eyes but before he could be sure it was gone. She took his hand and they walked to their parents.

Her mother was beaming with happiness she hugged her, "Am proud of you" she whispered. Tatiana held her feeling her tears return to her.

His mother hugged her next them his father.

"Why are you crying dear ?" her mother smiled.

She sniffed with Patricia offering her a hankie, "Am just happy " she lied.

They laughed, and Jack held, "Dint cry love you need to be happy it's your day to shine," he said.

She stood next to him as he introduced her to the guests. She was starting to feel dizzy so they excused themselves. He leads her up to his room.

Eric asked Patricia to dance but she rejected it.

"Something wrong ?" he asked. Her eyes were on the stairs where Tatiana and Jack had gone.

"Can I ask you a silly but serious question ?".

"Yes, ask ".

"If ever you find out your friend cheated my friend into something, w you support me and her or your childhood friend ?"

"What do you mean ?".

"Just answer the question "

Eric sighed, "I would choose you both "

"Are you sure about that, they both have been together for a long "

"I know but if he did something bad to her then I would never support him. I have grown fond of Tatiana and would be mad if he hurt her "

Patricia smiled, " I guess I choose right when I fell for you "

Eric chuckled, "Yes you did "

...

Tatiana pushed away Jack's hand the moment she got inside his room.

"You promised to tell me what was bothering you tonight," he said.

She sniffed, turning to face him, "Why ?" she asked.

"Why what ?".

"Why did you have to go through all this even planning a fake wedding just to get me to give you those papers ?"

He looked confused, "what papers ?"

"Don't act innocent Jack, I say everything and am even scared to think of what else you are capable of just to achieve what you want "

"Tatiana tell me what you mean," he said

"I mean the papers to my father's land, you took those papers taking away the only thing me and my mother as a memory of my father " she cried.

He froze and the fear in his eyes appeared, rushing to her he grabbed her arms, "Tati, listen please let me explain " he said.

She pushed him away crying, "So it's true you did it, but why you could have asked us. But putting on a show like this just for that is low "

"I didn't mean to, I really planned to talk to your mother but then you appeared ....but then appeared and asked me to pretend so I took it as a chance ".

She slapped him"You played with my feelings"

"Yes I know and am so so sorry Tati " his tears fell.."I wanted to stop it but then I found myself like you. I thought it would not last but my feeling grew each day I saw you"

She pushed him away crying, "Something is breaking here and it hurts so much I could die "

"Tati I wanted to tell you but when mom and dad liked you I knew you were the one ".

She slapped him again," the one don't disgust me, Jack. You can't think of hurting someone you love "

"Please believe me every day that passed I wanted to let you know but after seeing you cry that night cause of me I vowed never to make you cry again so I held back on the truth" he cried.

She wiped her falling tears glaring at him, "But you went ahead and still choose to betray me "

"I had signed the deal and promised to get that land and I thought that since we were getting married it would not matter since you would still have ownership over my properties "

She scoffed through her tears, "You know how much we loved that land but decided to ignore our feeling cause you thought I would be happy with your bloody wealth . Am really disappointed in you Jack ".

She walked to the door but he grabbed her.

"Please Tatiana let me explain am sorry but I didn't lie about my feelings" his tears where now staining his coat.

She pulled away, "Don't you ever say that again cause if you ever loved me then you would not have time ahead with that deal "

He called her but she continued to walk out.